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Category: Memories of Haileybury

Old Haileyburians share their memories of Haileybury. A fascinating collection of memories can be found here, forming a valuable archive of life in a different age.

1940s…

A sprinkling of stardust – the day Sheila Sim filmed at Haileybury

10 Nov 202011 Dec 2023
The Haileybury Society was delighted to hear from John Knights (Ha 46) recently about his years at Haileybury, including when the school was used in the making of the 1948…
1950s…

Dr Patrick Ridsdill Smith (A 51) – Cambridge-educated GP with a love of sailing

27 Oct 202015 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death last year of Dr Geoffrey - Patrick  - Ridsdill Smith (A 51) who died on 18th November 2019, aged 81. At Haileybury,…
1940s…

Remembering the Forgotten War – an OH and the Chindits

26 Aug 202011 Dec 2023
Richard Rhodes James (Staff 1947-81), former HM of Melvill and erstwhile Haileybury Head of Economics, must count as one of those people  who, if you'd never met him, you wish…
1960s…

The importance of the Old School Tie – a story of two friends and a crowded platform in India

17 Aug 202018 Dec 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm McVittie (E 60) recalls a meeting in Dehli in 1978 when an OH tie helped two old OHs identify each other on a crowded platform in the Indian…
1940s…

Clement Coldwells – the OH who shot down eight kamikazi aircraft in WW2.

11 Aug 202018 Dec 2023
As the 75th anniversary of  VJ-Day is remembered on 15th August 2020, Lizzie Graham (K 76 & Alb) tells us about her father, Clement Coldwells, who fought in the Far…
1940s…

The 1940s remembered at Haileybury

23 Jun 202012 Dec 2023
We were delighted to hear from Nick Coates (L 48) recently about his time spent at Haileybury at the tail-end of the 1940s. It's a world away from the current…
1960s…

A right royal occasion – the day the Queen came to Haileybury

22 Jun 202011 Dec 2023
In 1962, HM Queen Elizabeth II visited Haileybury on the occasion of its centenary; alongside Prince Philip, she toured the College and also took an inspection of its Navy and…
1980s…

Shooting Stars – When Haileybury won at Bisley

18 May 202013 Sep 2023
While attending to some household chores recently, Giles Haley (Th 86) came across an envelope of photographs which brought memories flooding back of a grand day at Bisley back in…
1950s…

Editing the Lawrentian – the memories of a budding Haileybury publisher

18 Aug 201818 Dec 2023
As most OHs remember, contributing to school newsletters was all part of the experience; for some, such as Ted Loveday (L 57), the pleasure was also in the publishing. Here,…
1960s…

The death of William Stewart (Master, 1963-75) remembered

18 Jun 201818 Dec 2023
We were greatly moved this week to receive a letter from the former Dean of Leicester Cathedral, the Very Reverend Alan Warren (retired), who visited Haileybury in 1975 in harrowing…

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